Re: [1.8.0] reorganize the mess that the source tree has become
Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no> writes:
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> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 03:06, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>> Quite frankly, I'm surprised there are (presumably experienced)
>>> developers who do not immediately see the value of a little
>>> organization. Surely, given the use of code conventions, formatting
>>> rules, etcetera, the obvious one step further is to also organize
>>> where the files go?
>>
>> I think one of the problems is that what's been suggested seems like
>> window-dressing. Moving everything into src/ and calling it "organized"
>> doesn't actually accomplish much other than perhaps making the README
>> file more visible to newbs; things are _still_ a mess, just a mess with
>> four more letters...
>
> What Miles says is my feeling as well. And having a 'bin/' as was suggested
> in one post doesn't make much sense to me either - if you want your compiled
> output to go elsewhere than the source directory then the normal way of doing
> that is to do and out-of-tree build (so if that's not working - I have
> not checked - then that's something which would be worth looking into.)
It is about supporting 'srcdir', isn't it?
BTW. what about using 'lib/' directory?
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Jakub Narebski
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